AsyncAPI channel · Chainstack · Chainstack RPC WebSocket APIs

optimism/eth_subscribe/newHeads

Subscribe to new Optimism block headers via WebSocket.

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Provider: Chainstack AsyncAPI: v2.6.0 Spec: Chainstack RPC WebSocket APIs Operations: 2 Messages: 2

Channel address

optimism/eth_subscribe/newHeads

Operations

publish
optimismSubscribeNewHeads
Subscribe to newHeads on Optimism
optimismNewHeadsNotification
Receive Optimism newHeads notifications

Messages

ethSubscribeNewHeads
JSON-RPC 2.0 request to subscribe to new block headers.
Content-Type: application/json
ethSubscriptionNewHeads
Push notification carrying a new block header.
Content-Type: application/json

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